During a bilateral meeting in Moscow, the Vatican Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, and Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, discuss areas of convergence on international issues and address matters concerning the Catholic community in Russia…
Meeting with Lutheran Bishops from Norway, Pope Leo XIV encourages all Christians to work together to promote peace and justice in our turbulent times. Read all
At the Wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo XIV reflects on the Second Vatican Council Fathers' decision to promote liturgical reform, as he focuses on the 1963 Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium. Read all
Greeting Polish pilgrims gathered to renew the Jasna Góra Vows of the Polish Nation, 70 years after they were first made in 1956, Pope Leo XIV said the vows’ call for moral renewal remains relevant today. Read all
In a message signed by the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Pope sends his greetings to the Methodist and Waldensian Churches on the occasion of the opening of their Synod. In particular, he reflects on artificial intelligence, emphasizing the need to “advance technology without allowing the…
On the sidelines of the 2026 Rimini Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples, Roseline Hamel and Nassera Kermiche, who have come to be known as “sisters in sorrow", speak to Vatican News about the tragedy that unites them. Roseline is the sister of Fr Jacques Hamel, the French priest who was killed while celebrating Mass…
In the month the Church celebrates the liturgical memorial of St. Maximilian Kolbe, Catholics in the United States continue to pray for his intercession as they work to honor life through opposition to the death penalty. Read all
On Thursday, August 20, 2026, Father Viktor Bilous, a staff member of the Apostolic Nunciature in Ukraine, visited a solidarity kitchen in the village of Berestia, in the Rivne region of northwestern Ukraine and delivered aid to the volunteers on behalf of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity. In an interview…
In the Pontifical Gardens of Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV will celebrate Mass for the World Day of Prayer for Creation on September 1. Read all
Pope Leo XIV tells recently-confirmed young people at his weekly General Audience that the Holy Spirit is "a light to let shine each day," recalling that this week the Church commemorates Saints Augustine and Monica. Read all
At least twenty bodies have been recovered after flash flooding in Nepal, with the death toll expected to rise dramatically as hundreds of peole, including many tourists, remain missing. Read all
From 25 to 27 August, representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean, together with participants with experience from Asia, Africa and Europe, are meeting to discuss prevention, recovery and social integration, and to put forward a response based on community, faith and shared responsibility in addressing…
Addressing the International Catholic Legislators Network on 21 August 2026, Pope Leo XIV urged lawmakers to write laws that protect human rights and human dignity, and warned that artificial intelligence must never be allowed to weaken the family.
The Holy See Press Office announced on 7 August 2026 that Pope Leo XIV will make an apostolic journey to France from 25 to 28 September 2026, including a visit to the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris. The full programme is being released in stages.
Pope Leo XIV visited Spain from 6 to 12 June 2026, with stops in Madrid, Barcelona and the Canary Islands. He celebrated Corpus Christi, took part in the completion of the Sagrada Família's central tower in Gaudí's centenary year, and met migrants and aid groups in the Canaries.
Published on 25 May 2026, Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical is subtitled 'On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence'. It argues that AI must serve the common good and human dignity and must not concentrate power. Its release date marks the 135th anniversary of Leo XIII's Rerum novarum.
From 27 November to 2 December 2025, Pope Leo XIV made his first apostolic journey abroad. In İznik he joined Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea; he then travelled to Lebanon on a visit centred on peace.
Signed on 4 October 2025 and released on 9 October, Dilexi te ('I have loved you') is Pope Leo XIV's first apostolic exhortation. It was begun by Pope Francis before his death and calls the Church to a renewed, structural commitment to the poor.
In his address to the cardinals on 10 May 2025, Pope Leo XIV said he chose the name after Leo XIII, whose 1891 encyclical Rerum novarum shaped Catholic social teaching. He cast artificial intelligence and automation as today's comparable challenge to human dignity.
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an Augustinian who spent decades in Peru, was elected the 267th pope on 8 May 2025, on the fourth ballot of the conclave. He took the name Leo XIV and is the first pope born in the United States.
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